It only took four years and 4,500 miles for Camera Obscura’s Desire Lines to get made.
Camera Obscura
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Brighten the Corners
Sad Songs Say So Much
Camera Obscura plays sad Scottish music with joyous pop overtones.
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Peeping through Pinholes
Ethan Jackson and the camera obscura
Ethan Jackson and the camera obscura.
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Songs about Songs
Exposing Camera Obscura’s Romance with Pop
CRITICS CAN’T SEEM to mention Camera Obscura without an inevitable comparison to fellow Glaswegians Belle and Sebastian—like it’s some kind of lamprey, hitching a ride in the wake of the latter’s success. Yes, B&S main-man Stuart Murdoch produced the band’s debut single, “Eighties Fan.” And yes, both traffic in understated pop music that disguises dour, […]